I'm surprised manufacturers haven't gone to 100 mL travel sizes. Most "trial" sizes are MUCH smaller, 1 fl oz or so, and not enough for the trip. An opportunity is being missed here.
--- On Sun, 11/6/11, Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com> Subject: [USMA:51298] 100 ml size for Airport Security To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> Date: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 5:42 PM In the picture, there are two tubes of toothpaste, one is a 100 mL, the max size allowed by the TSA, purchased in Europe, the other is a US made toothpaste labelled as 4,6 oz (130 g). They have the same diameter, the 100 mL is slightly longer, yet you can get thru security with the former and not the latter. This is not helped by the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) stating the volume limit is 3 oz when they mean 3 fl oz. And then allowing anything up to 3,4 fl oz volume to go thru security because it is the equivalent (roughly) of 100 mL. Now if we could just persuade Colgate Palmolive to label in volume instead of mass you could pack this in your carry on suitcase, which you cannot do now. Well, at least not for the one labelled 4,6 fl oz. Mike Payne
